Nanuza plicata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Flickr - BioDivLibrary - n9 w1150 (2).jpg | image_caption = ''Nanuza plicata''<ref name=r/> | genus = Nanuza | species = plicata | authority = (Mart.) L.B. Sm. & Ayensu | synonyms_ref = <ref name=k/><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-282593 The Plant List, ''Nanuza plicata'' ]</ref> | synonyms = *''Vellozia plicata'' Mart. *''Xerophyta plicata'' (Mart.) Spreng. *''Vellozia triquetra'' Pohl *''Xerophyta triquetra'' (Pohl) Baker }}

'''''Nanuza plicata''''' is a plant species in the family Velloziaceae, endemic to Brazil.<ref name=r>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9618#page/10/mode/1up Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1823. Nova genera et species plantarum :quas in itinere per Brasiliam MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I., Bavariae regis augustissimi instituto 1: plate 9] color illustration, using basionym ''Vellozia plicata'' Mart.</ref><ref name=k>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/33600137 Tropicos, ''Vellozia plicata'' Mart.]</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/744527#page/20/mode/1up Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1823. Nova genera et species plantarum :quas in itinere per Brasiliam MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I., Bavariae regis augustissimi instituto 1: 16] description in Latin, using basionym ''Vellozia plicata'' Mart.</ref>

''Nanuza plicata'' contains amentoflavone<ref>Biflavonoids in the primitive monocots ''Isophysis tasmanica'' and ''Xerophyta'' ''plicata''. Christine A. Williams, Jeffrey B. Harborne and Francisco A. Tomas-Barberan, Phytochemistry, 1987, Volume 26, Issue 9, Pages 2553–2555, {{doi|10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83875-3}}</ref> and xerophytolic acid.<ref>Isolation and Structural Determination of Xerophytolic Acid, a Novel 3-Geranyl-4-Hydroxybenzoate Derivative from ''Xerophyta Plicata''. Carlos A. S. Riehl, Angelo C. Pinto, Carlos R. Kaiser, J. Daniel Figueroa-Villar and Elizabete R. Cruz, Spectroscopy Letters: An International Journal for Rapid Communication, 2000, Volume 33, Issue 5, pages 643-651, {{doi|10.1080/00387010009350146}}</ref>

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Category:Velloziaceae Category:Endemic flora of Brazil Category:Plants described in 1823